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Healthy QB competition highlights scrimmage

The Auburn football team held its first full scrimmage of spring with a two hour session at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday.

Auburn players and coaches were, per usual, long on generalities and short on specifics Saturday after the Tigers’ first closed practice of the spring at Jordan-Hare Stadium.

“Defensively, we had a lot of big plays that were negative plays,” head coach Gene Chizik said. “Offensively, we had a good amount of explosive plays positively for the offense as well. There was enough give and take to say that you know you saw a good bit from both sides.”

Amid all the shades of gray offered from the 100-120 plays of Auburn’s closest game simulation of the spring thus far, one thing seems pretty clear: The starting quarterback race is far from over.

Redshirt sophomore Clint Moseley said he threw touchdown passes to Philip Lutzenkirchen and Quindarius Carr.

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Scrimmage reveals some concerns on both sides of ball

Kodi hauls in a pass from Cameron Newton, he also caught 2 TD passes and was one of the bright spots in Tuesdays practice.

The score was a lopsided 82-25, but there wasn’t an Auburn player or coach to be found Tuesday night that felt like celebrating as if the victory meant something.

This is the year of “eight ain’t it” and “good to great,” after all.

With 17 days remaining until the season opener against Arkansas State, Auburn’s players seemingly all agreed that they were not satisfied with what the team has accomplished after two weeks of camp. Coaches acknowledged the positives, but couldn’t avoid the areas that troubled them, weaknesses they’ve spotted that likely kept them in their offices well after the Tigers’ third scrimmage in six days.

“We’ve got to get better in a hurry. In a hurry,” defensive coordinator Ted Roof said. “The good news is they’re all correctable and we’ll get that corrected.”

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